Erratica Reduex

Now this is cosplay old school style.

Over on the Sweetjuniper Log, Dutch describes how his kid wanted to be Robocop. Dad agreed, but instead of doing the traditional thing and going to the store, he went down too the basement and gatghered a ferw scraps. A few coats of paint later, and ta-daa! Robokid!

Here's a description of how it all worked out, and some more pictures here.  I myself am absolutely enchanted by this costume.







And Robokid with the cops he's going to replace. Dig the totally serious expression on Robokid's face.

I didn't actually participate at Costume Con, I just went with racerxmachina to hang around with various con friends I haven't seen in a while.  It was fun just sitting in a chair in the main hall, looking at various costumes, ranging from the ab-so-LUTELY historical, to the fantasy historical, to the sexy, to the fannish, to the "OMG, why is that guy WEARING that!?"

The convention itself was both refreshingly low-key, and well, for a lack of a better world, professional.  These were fans united not only by the common interests, but by a common attitude of craftsmanship.  it was almost like some trainig conferences I've been to, except with more practical elements.

There were NO green "yes you may"  buttons.  To my complete lack of surprise.

It was interesting that though there were some stunningly elaborate costumes (unfortunately, I did not get to see my friend's costumes in the show, but the photos are marvelous), some of the best costumes were very simple.  The woman who had a simple Dutch peasant's garb seemed to have simple rough-hewn clothing at first, but on closer and lengthier inspection, the subtlety of the home-made fabric textures and colors impressed me quite a bit.

Fortunately I got time to do that inspection, thanks to RXM.  Asking someone about their costume at costume con is the equivalent to asking someone at a gaming con about their character.  Don't do it, unless you like a long discussion.

I'm also pleased to see that two of my friends, hosikageandfairegoddesswon major awards (YAY!) and may be ready to graduate from their categories.  It's good to see friends do good.

...I'm going to go as a cosplayer.

It's going to be an easy costume to pull off: all I have to do is spend 90% of Halloween in my bedroom, trying to get my costume finished.